Pangnirtung Airport

CYXP · Nunavut, Canada

Climate Pangnirtung Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pangnirtung Airport (CYXP) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 87.5 94 86 85 91 87
February 91.0 83 89 87 90 100
March 84.0 89 85 81 92 70
April 76.5 88 72 65 79
May 67.0 47 75 75 63
June 76.6 54 98 89 85
July 72.0 61 75 63 87
August 71.9 72 82 64 72
September 74.8 49 61 89 95
October 74.8 66 76 64 76
November 74.8 71 87 82 69
December 67.9 70 34 77 72
Average 77.6 88.2 69.7 76.4 76.2 79.3

83rd best VFR conditions of Canada

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 94.6 98 95 91 93 98
February 94.6 86 92 89 95 100
March 93.3 96 99 95 97 83
April 90.5 99 87 87 85
May 92.5 86 92 94 98
June 95.3 96 100 97 95
July 89.4 83 89 89 93
August 89.8 90 94 95 87
September 95.7 94 94 96 100
October 93.1 92 93 88 93
November 90.1 85 98 96 87
December 86.0 95 63 91 90
Average 92.3 93.6 92.0 91.4 92.7 92.0

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -22.4 -18 -26 -21 -15 -27
February -25.0 -24 -26 -27 -19 -29
March -18.3 -15 -13 -19 -19 -19
April -10.7 -8 -11 -6 -9
May -2.9 -2 -3 1 -1
June 5.5 4 6 6 5
July 10.2 9 10 10 12
August 10.0 11 10 10 11
September 4.7 3 7 4 5
October -1.0 -2 0 1 0
November -7.0 -4 -11 -7 -8
December -12.2 -12 -7 -12 -10
Average -7.0 -19.7 -6.0 -6.7 -4.3 -6.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -25.2 -20 -29 -24 -19 -30
February -29.3 -27 -35 -31 -23 -31
March -23.6 -21 -19 -22 -25 -23
April -14.6 -12 -14 -11 -14
May -5.7 -4 -6 -4 -4
June 2.5 2 3 2 2
July 6.5 5 7 6 8
August 6.9 7 7 7 7
September 2.0 1 4 1 3
October -4.8 -5 -3 -1 -3
November -10.7 -7 -13 -9 -10
December -15.3 -14 -10 -14 -13
Average -11.7 -23.9 -10.5 -9.6 -8.6 -9.0

50th lowest temperature of Canada

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 45.9 42 47 61 29 37
February 41.4 44 48 59 35 26
March 39.8 15 23 50 37 61
April 31.3 12 38 41 28
May 20.0 26 19 19 17
June 13.9 21 0 11 12
July 19.1 24 21 21 15
August 21.6 22 18 27 14
September 14.5 22 27 2 2
October 21.6 26 26 13 23
November 37.6 49 25 25 49
December 48.0 53 66 41 39
Average 28.1 28.8 27.6 32.3 24.3 25.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.4 6 4 5 5 2
February 3.3 3 2 4 4 2
March 4.5 3 4 4 5 6
April 5.9 5 6 6 5
May 8.6 10 8 8 10
June 8.7 9 8 9 9
July 8.8 8 8 10 9
August 8.3 8 7 9 9
September 7.1 7 7 8 7
October 5.8 5 8 4 8
November 6.3 9 6 5 7
December 6.6 8 9 6 7
Average 6.3 3.7 6.4 6.3 6.7 6.8

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 099° 196° 121° 112° 096°
February 131° 227° 223° 224° 214°
March 089° 192° 228° 151° 227°
April 246° 187° 229° 242°
May 252° 252° 252° 240°
June 251° 254° 224° 257°
July 257° 256° 254° 256°
August 234° 255° 233° 254°
September 228° 239° 250° 247°
October 172° 162° 246° 115°
November 110° 125° 105° 118°
December 104° 144° 166° 147°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.